The Air Between Us • NH

s i x t y f i v e

I'm sorry in advance if the feels are too much and you have heart problems later... sorrynotsorry

Song: Drew Holcomb - Steal My History

Love me like a heart break, love me like a thief. 

It was a picturesque moment as she saw him sitting there all alone. The wind was on a high, the mountains helped little to block the gust coming their way. Streamers and confetti covered the fake grass that was the football field.

Pulling out her phone and smiling to herself as she typed away.

New message...

Mouse: I

Mouse: Love

Mouse: You!

...

Ducky: I love you too, Grier :3

Mouse: wherever you are, I will be at your side because I love you so much. you're my best friend and my boyfriend and my crush and this guy that makes my heart beat super fast every time I'm around you.

Ducky: is this the part where you break up with me...

Mouse: yes. lol

Ducky: I knew it.

Ducky: so tell me ur not real, are you? you're a figment of my imagination?

Mouse: how'd you guess?

Ducky: I just knew, you're so beautiful. someone like you; someone so funny, sweet, intelligent, caring, someone totally into me sure doesn't exist on this life.

Mouse: or maybe you think she doesn't because surely she does.

Mouse: I love you so damn much. I'm truly, madly, passionately in love with you and totally into you. that I believe I exist more brightly because of you.

Ducky: you've always existed, I've just been too blind to see you. But now I do.

Mouse: Niall...

Ducky: yes, Grier.

        "I'm so proud of you."

Turning around, her presence made him stand to his feet. Eyes scanned down her body, blinking slowly. A smile creeping up on both their faces. "You don't even know how much that means to me." She walked towards him, slowly her hands pushed open the graduation gown he still had on. Her hands running up his chest, over his black t-shirt, sliding around his shoulders and interlocking behind his neck. Fingertips lightly touching his nape. His hands on her waist.

        "I've never told you this, but never in my wildest dreams did I see myself getting to this point, let alone getting accepted into college." His face fell, he stared at the necklace with a "G & N" scrolled around each other, small mingling letters bringing a humbled smile to his face. Her fingers brushing against his cheek, bringing him back to the moment, that gentle moment they seemed to always find when together.

        "I thank God everyday for you," A tear escaped his blue eyes and faded into the finger that caught it. "not just that he brought you to me or that I fell in line with you but," She hummed in understanding, up on her tiptoes, a kiss on his cheek. "I'm thankful that you're safe, healthy, loved, and you're someone so wonderful that walked into my life and thats where I became the person I am today." Her face laid against his shoulder as she closed her eyes, arms wrapping around him tighter. His, holding her to him. Letting go didn't exist to them, those words were taboo.

A quiet, I love you filled the space between them.

        "I am so humbled by your presence in my life, you make me so happy, Grier." The hug became tighter. He buried his face in the crook of her neck as she engulfed herself with his scent and being. "So fxcking happy."

...

        "Mouse, come here, I need a picture with you." Harry's hands frantically waved over at Grier. Emersed in small talk with Niall's father though, she put a finger up, a moment and she'd be over.

Families and friends filled the parking lot, the graduation ceremony was over and life awaited the young and bold who would be willing to face it head on. Niall being one of them with Grier right by his side. "Are yeh spending summer with my boy back in Ireland?" A shake of her head, a small voice speaking after, "no, Mr. Horan." He nodded, "I think, time apart would do us good," looking up at her best friend, her crush, her boyfriend, she smiled as he kissed her forehead. "Oh, hope there's not trouble in paradise." She shook her head quickly, adding, "We've never been better."

The feeling that she couldn't lose and never wished too had overtaken her entire body, making her feel giddy with joy. Only pure love could produce such a feeling, only the love between two souls that cared for one another could produce such an emotion to spread through them and never seem to fade.

Only Love...